Famous Deaths Happened In 1848

Jan 05 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1848.  

Jan 09 Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750) died on this day in history.  

Jan 20 Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died in the year 1848.  

Feb 15 On this day in history death of hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)  

Feb 20 In the year 1848 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29  

Feb 23 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 in the year 1848.  

Mar 03 Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies in the year 1848.  

Mar 20 In the year 1848 abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27  

Mar 29 In the year 1848 john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84  

Apr 08 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 in the year 1848.  

Apr 10 On this day in history godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69  

Apr 24 On this day in history francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69  

Apr 30 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53 in the year 1848.  

May 11 Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) died in the year 1848.  

May 18 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF in the year 1848.  

May 25 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) died in the year 1848.  

May 31 On this day in history death of eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)  

Jun 27 On this day in history death of denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54  

Jul 04 In the year 1848 francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies  

Jul 22 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Aug 06 Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 in the year 1848.  

Aug 07 Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) died on this day in history.  

Aug 09 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 12 In the year 1848 george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies  

Aug 15 In the year 1848 timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88  

Sep 11 Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1848.  

Oct 04 In the year 1848 louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82  

Oct 05 In the year 1848 death of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)  

Oct 26 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies on this day in history.  

Oct 27 On this day in history alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46  

Nov 09 Robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed died on this day in history.  

Nov 10 On this day in history death of christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786)  

Nov 15 P Rossi, Italian, murdered died in the year 1848.  

Nov 17 Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies in the year 1848.  

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Jan 01 John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 04 Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet  

Jan 09 Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 18 In the year 1848 birth of ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)  

Jan 19 On this day in history birth of john F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)  

Jan 21 On this day in history birth of henri Duparc, French composer  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages)